: Using rel="nofollow" on a form that uses/links to Google Search page? I have a form that uses/links to Google's Search page to search for the input within my site. I have read other posts

@Jessie594

Posted in: #Forms #GoogleSearch #Html #Nofollow

I have a form that uses/links to Google's Search page to search for the input within my site. I have read other posts regarding nofollow but I am confused if I should put rel="nofollow" on the form just to prevent seemingly endorsing Google or its search page.

I mean, since I use Google Search page to process the input, wouldn't it be natural that nofollow is not used? Will Google actually penalize my site if they discovered I did not use nofollow, especially since I did not choose to use their pre-made Google Custom Search engine?

The code is below:

<form method='get' action='https://google.com/search' rel='nofollow' target='_blank'>
<input type='hidden' name='sitesearch' value='mywebsite.com' />
<input type='search' name='q' placeholder='search via Google' />
<button title='search (opens in new tab)' type='submit' value='submit'>Search</button>
</form>

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